Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead.

The moment is timeless.

I am not to blame for putting forward, in the course of my work on science, any general rule derived from a previous conclusion.

It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which...you may find really marvellous ideas.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.